Franz Kafka

Welcome to Franz Kafka online, a website dedicated to one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of the twentieth century.

A brief introduction:

Kafka, age 34

Franz Kafka, Writer

Born: July 3, 1883

Birthplace: Prague (Czech Republic)

Died: June 3, 1924 (tuberculosis, age 40)

Best Known Work:The Trial and The Metamorphosis

Kafka is renowned for his visionary and profoundly enigmatic stories that often present a grotesque vision of the world in which individuals burdened with guilt, isolation, and anxiety make a futile search for personal salvation.

His major works include: The Trial (Der Prozess), The Castle (Das Schloss), Amerika and The Metamorphosis. Most of his works were published posthumously.

His complex and impersonal stories are so unique that his name inspired an adjective - kafkaesque.

"I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man."